Where does “kwerkō” come from?

kwerkō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

kwerkō (Proto-Germanic): throat

Definitions

  1. throat

Ancestry of “kwerkō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

Words derived from “kwerkō

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃-
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